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The saddest story in Colombia of these days: a shoemaker who lives with his two wives. The oldest, Luz Dary, has nine children with him and the youngest, Esther, 6. …
The saddest story in Colombia of these days: a shoemaker who lives with his two wives. The oldest, Luz Dary, has nine children with him and the youngest, Esther, 6. …
He is a professional mathematician who prefers jeans to suits and ties. He is 52, ambitious and a “nonconformist”, as The New York Times called him once. He also has…
A few news items of these days: Colombia still is one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Town councilors in the provinces Huila and Caquetá feel threatened by…
It is not an understatement to claim that violence has occupied a privileged place in Colombia’s history. Unlike the kind of violence that is the turning point for a brighter…
In 1993 Pablo Escobar was hunted down on the rooftop of a house after he brought Colombia to her knees in late 1980’s and beginning of the1990’s. Nevertheless, even 15…
Recently the Economist magazine stated that Colombia was edging towards autocracy if Uribe served a third term. This may be a ludicrous statement for the 59 percent of the population…
RCN and El Tiempo the past week reported on one document in a strikingly contradictory way, leaving nothing but confusion about who is telling the truth, who is lying and…
Recently, President Alvaro Uribe mentioned the necessity of turning a temporary tax for the “Democratic Security” into a permanent tax to be paid by all Colombians. This tax, which originally…
After the interview that Colombia’s president Álvaro Uribe gave to the BBC it is hard to deny: Alvaro Uribe is not a democrat. For quite a long time I have…